The TMG Interview

The Ghostbusters franchise continues in theaters now. We talked to someone who was there at the beginning. Frank Chindamo was a script P.A. on the 1984 original Ghostbusters and has a fun story to tell your host Paul Preston. Plus, he shares a classic “you were there for THAT?!” story about working on Saturday Night Live as well as working with Mother Theresa (seriously!).

There’s a great new short out there available NOW for free at the New Yorker’s website (www.newyorker.com) called ECO-HACK! and a more unique film about saving the world (or at least a cross-section of it) you might never see. Filmmakers Brett Marty and Josh Izenberg have captured the work of Tim Fields, taking unusual steps to save the desert tortoise. They talk about their pa

Friend of The Movie Guys Mark Elias returns to The Admiral’s Club with a new project - Boy Makes Girl, a new sci-fi drama/romance/comedy about a computer programmer who builds a female companion to cope with a challenging world. There’s all manner of good indie film talk here as Mark reflects on taking the reins of writer, producer and star of the film.

Actor Michael Filipowich returns to The Movie Guys to catch us up on his career and he brings fire and brimstone, energy, and outrageous stories with him. Can he be contained? Tune in to find out as the guest from one of our top ten most popular interview videos on YouTube is back.

Fresh off of her award-winning screening at The Phoenix Film Festival, writer/director Vivian Kerr joins Paul Preston to talk about her new drama (or comedy?) Scrap. Joining her is the co-lead in the film, Anthony Rapp. They talk about indie film, why making it is important, how the characters of the film are relatable and, of course, a quick check-in on Vivian and Anthony’s favo

Among the more anticipated shorts at the 2022 Hollyshorts Film Festival is The Errand, directed by Amanda Renee Knox. Paul talks to Knox and actors Ezekiel Bridges and Naya Johnson about the film, their careers and how they’ll spend the fest. Plus, as ever, talk about their favorite movies of all time and a chat about Knox’s first film, Night Call.

After his feature film, Surge, director Aneil Karia returned to a short film project and it seems to have paid off in terms of exposure and reward as The Long Goodbye, Karia’s collaboration with Riz Ahmed, is now nominated for Best Short Film at the 94th Academy Awards. Paul talked to Aneil about packing so much content into a short film, working with Riz, navigating the virtual

The 1980 comedy 9 to 5 had enormous appeal with moviegoers, but also made a statement about women’s inequality in the workplace, a statement that’s needed reiterating ever since then. The film had an impact on twin brothers Gary and Larry Lane, who head the team behind Still Working 9 to 5, a new documentary about the making and legacy of the classic film. Paul talked to them a

In the wake of Marvel movies returning to the big screen, Movie Guys Paul Preston and Ray Schillaci talk to professional badass Katie Hooten about her time working in visual effects with Marvel, her work in groundbreaking animated features and her current position working on projects that come through Technicolor. How could we not interview her? Her favorite movie of all time is Ra

Courtney Gains is working. AGAIN. He appears in a new film, Queen Bees with no less than Ellen Burstyn and James Caan. This, after averaging around three projects a year since the early '80s. Back to the Future, Children of the Corn, The 'Burbs, and on and on and on and he remains a very laid back cat to talk to. Here, he chats movies, music and more with Paul Preston.